Stranger Things' Noah Schnapp Confirms Will Byers Is Gay And Loves Mike
Since season one, Will Byers has been a complex character who never seemed to fit in. Now, Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp shares why and confirms what fans have long suspected.
Stranger Things season 4 strongly hinted that Will Byers was gay and has feelings for Mike Wheeler. Many fans were upset that Stranger Things was dancing around Will Byers' sexuality, but now Schnapp has said «It’s 100% clear that he is gay and he does love Mike.»
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In a recent interview with Variety, Schnapp discussed his character's sexuality and how the arc has slowly been developing over the show's current four seasons. «It’s pretty clear this season that Will has feelings for Mike,» he shared. «They’ve been intentionally pulling that out over the past few seasons. Even in season one, they hinted at that and slowly, slowly grew that storyline. I think for season four, it was just me playing this character who loves his best friend but struggles with knowing if he’ll be accepted or not, and feeling like a mistake and like he doesn’t belong. Will has always felt like that. All his friends, they all have girlfriends and they all fit into their different clubs. Will has never really found anywhere to fit in.»
Schnapp continued to share how much he appreciates the way the Duffer brothers have developed Will's arc during the series, and how important the character is for representation. «I think it is done so beautifully, because it’s so easy to make a character just like all of a sudden be gay,» he said. «People have come up to me — I was just in Paris and this, like, 40-year-old man came up to me and he was like, 'Wow, this Will character made me feel so good. And I related to it so
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